Wall facing



June 5, 1923.

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Patented June 5, 1923.

U r1T E fue S T DAVID HAMILTON, 0F GREENSBURG, PENNSYLVANIA.

WALL FACING.

Application led January 16, 1922.

To all whom it may concern,

Be it known that I, DAVID HAMILTON, a citizen of the United States, residing at Greensburg, in the county of Westmoreland and Statev of Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Wall Facings; and I do declare the following to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same.

This invention relates to an improved wall facing which is especially, but not necessarily, designed for facing orlining walls of buildings and the like.

The principal object of the invention is to generally improve upon a wall facing by providing one which is composed of a plurality of large main tiles which, when in position, have their adjacent edges permanently spaced from each other to compensate, in

lone instance, for expansion, these spaces being backed up by supplemental and smaller tiles which are placed against the inner sides of the main tiles to obtain an artistic facing.

Another object of the invention is to construct a facing of the aforesaid construction wherein the small tiles serve the additional function of rendering the facing weatherproof by effectually sealing all crevices. In this connection, it may be stated that tiles even smaller than those disposed between the spaced edges of the main blocks are employed to cover the spaces between the second named tiles.

It is a further object of the invention to provide a wall facing of the above construction wherein the several tiles are provided with extensions or projections on their rear faces to abut the supporting wall to space the facing away from it to provide an air space in which air is capable of continuously circulating, thus rendering the building, or thing tol be faced, substantially hre-proof, damp-proof, vermin-proof and to insulate it against extreme hot and cold air existing at varying temperatures.

Other objects and advantages of the invention will be apparent during the course of the following description.

In the accompanying drawings forming a part of this specification and in which like numerals are employed to designate like parts throughout the same:

Figure 1 is an elevational view of a por- Serial No. 529,752.

tion of a wall constructed in accordance with this invention.

Figures 2, 3, 4 and 5 are sectional views taken substantially on the planes of the lines 2 2, 3 3, 1 -4L and 5 5 vrespectively of Fig. 1.

Figure 6 is a detail elevational view of the main tile or block. y,

Figure 7 is an edge elevation with a portion broken away and shown in'section.

Figure 8 is a longitudinal section takenA on the line 8 8 of Fig. 6.

Figure 9 is an elevational view of one of the relatively smaller tiles. Y

Figure 10 is an edge elevational view, partly broken away and shown in section of the last named tile.

Figures 11, 12, 13, 14 and 15 are detail views of other tiles used to complete the facing or wall. A

Before proceeding with the detailed de scription of the invention, I wish'to Ypoint out that the improved facingis not, as before indicated, to be restricted for use for disposition against either side of the walls of buildings or the like, but is useful for many other purposes. For instance, it may be utilized as a covering for doors, drip-boards, store counters, as a liner forice chests and for various other purposes. For the convenience of description. we will suppose that the improved facing is to be secured to the wall of a building. l v

The facing or wall in its preferred form comprises a lplurality of substantially rectangular, square or other shaped blocks or f tiles 1 composed of glass or other refractory material of any suitable size, color or design. As far as the novelty of. the invention is concerned, the shape and design of the outer sides of the tiles is immaterial'.` ,It

will, however, be assumed that all of the tiles 1 are designed alike. Each one is formed on its inner side with a multiplicity of integral laterally disposed extensions 2 of uniform lengths which are designed to bear'at their free ends against a wall W of a building or the like. These projections function mainly to space the tiles a uniform distance from the building wallv to permit the passage of air. These large tiles are also formed with a plurality of holes 3 which extend therethrough and through the corner projections to permit passage of nails or other suitable fastenings for securing the tiles or blocksto CII the wall. It may be noted that the outer ends of the holes 3 are enlarged as indicated at 4 to receive the heads of the fastenings and to provide shallow recesses in which a filler 4a of the proper material may be placed for hiding the heads of the nails from -view. In addition to employingl these large tiles or blocks, I also employ a plurality of other and smaller tiles in the form of strips. For the purpose of clearnes and convenience of description, the tiles or strips disclosed in Figures 9 and l0 will be designated by the numeral 5 and will be hereinafter referred to as the horizontal tiles. Those appearing in Figs. l1 and l2 are designated by the numerals 6 and will be referred to as the vertical tiles. rIhese tiles or strips 5 and (i are formed on their inner faces with a plurality of closely spaced bored extensions 7 which are con'iparatively smaller than the aforesaid extension 2 and are of a length to provide a uniform space between the tiles and walls when in position and in contact with the wall IV. Vhen the aforesaid tiles are in place, small spaces occur between the vertical and horizontal strips and in order to render the wall Weatherproof, these spaces are covered by much smaller tiles 8 also provided on their inner sides with short bored spacing extensions 9.

Assuming that it is desired to face the wall W, it will be seen that the outer side of the latter will-,be marked off so that the small horizontal tiles 8 and vertical ones 5 and 6 may be mailed in their proper places. Care should be taken when arranging the strips to permit small spaces to occur between their adjacent edges to allow for expansion. These spaces, however, are covered as above indicated by the small tiles 8 and the short extensions 9 of the latter bear against the wall. After this, the main tiles l are nailed or otherwise secured in place by passing the fastening/s through the holes 5)) in said tiles and spacing the extensions, and, as before indicated, the edges of the various named tiles will be spaced from one another to render the vertical and horizontal tiles or strips 5 and 6 visible through these spaces. Consequently, by having the surfaces of the tile strips of one color or design and the surfaces of the main tiles differently colored and designed, an extremely artistic facing or wall will be formed.

By carefully considering the description in connection with the drawings, persons familiar with devices of this class will doubtless be able to obtain a clear understanding of the invention. Therefore, a more lengthy or blocks arranged in vertical and horizontal y rows with their adjacent edges permanently spaced from each other to provide alined vertical and horizontal spaces, and a plurality of relatively smaller vertically and horizontally disposed tiles placed against the inner faces of the large tiles and extending across the spaces to render the small tiles visible through said spaces and to impart an artistic appearance to the facing.

2. The structure set forth in claim l, said blocks and strips being provided on their inner faces with bored spacing extensions adapted to abut the wal-l, and said extensions being of relative lengths to form a uniform space between the facing and the wall. l

3. A facing tile provided on its inner side and inward of its edges with a multiplicity of closely spaced integral spacing projections of uniform length, said projections being intended to rest against the wall of the building to space the tile therefrom, and said projections being formed with holes extending entirely therethrough for passage of nails.

4. A facing for building walls and the like comprising a plurality of relatively large tiles having their vertical4 and horizontal edges spaced apart to provide spaces, vertically and horizontally disposed smaller tiles arranged against the inner sides of the first named tiles and extending across said spaces, and supplemental sealing tiles covering the cracks between the second named tiles to render the facing substantially weather-proof, all of said tiles being formed on their inner faces with extensions to bear against the wall of the building, the length of the extensions of the various tiles varying to provide a uniform space between the large tiles of the building walls for the circulation of air.

In testimony whereof I have hereunto set my hand.

DAVID HAMILTGN. 

